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Amanda on October 9th, 2010

August 3, 2010 was National Night Out. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Our neighborhood usually throws a pretty impressive party. Local kids ride their bikes in a parade from the nearby volunteer fire station, throughout the neighborhood and end at […]

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Amanda on October 3rd, 2010

Ian’s teacher does a program in school called “Star of the Week”. Each child gets a turn being the star and the whole week is devoted to them. Part of the program is that you bring home the stuffed preschool puppy dog, Ginger, the weekend before you are the “Star of the Week”. You’re supposed […]

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We’ve always told Ian that the ice cream truck that drives around the neighborhood is a “music bus”. We were hoping to avoid dealing with the nagging that goes along with the ice cream truck’s nightly appearance. Unfortunately, Team Umizoomi (a kid’s TV show on Nick Jr) let the cat out of the bag on […]

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Amanda on September 24th, 2010

Darien LakeAugust 2009

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Amanda on September 23rd, 2010

Not too long after the 4th of July holiday, Courtney and the Alt gang came to visit for a few weeks. One of the things on the To Do list was to go to Darien Lake with the whole family. Unpacking the kids and gear: Ian, Aunt Rachel, Nick and I got season passes this […]

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